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How to turn 3/9 in to a decimal ? no calculator

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User NicolasR
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3/9 reduces to 1/3 (divide both parts by the GCF 3)

Then use long division to divide 1/3

See attached of what I mean

Which is why
(1)/(3) \approx 0.3333

The '3's in 0.333 will go on forever
How to turn 3/9 in to a decimal ? no calculator-example-1
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